St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-19

The numerous weddings of the week
have been duly chronicled in the col
umS of the GLOBE, so that it only re-
mains to give added congratulations to
She several brides and groomS, and wish
them honeymoon of equal duration
with their lives. Ordinarily, June is
regarded as the month for weddings,
but could prospective husbands have
fores zen the torrid complexion of June,
1887, the matrimonial market would not
have been so active. For who can eX-
pect Il man. however much he may be in
love, to dance attendance on the light
est wish of his lady love on such day
as last Thursday, for instance. The
very thought of dancing makes one
perSpire more freely. 1t would not be
at all surprising if divorces came of
these hot-weather marriages. Not all
the love in the world could overcome
the irritability caused by such days and
nights as the past week has known.
And yet the car builders actually
danced that same Thursday night. and
not only danced, but enjoyed it, too. 1t
may be that these visitors came from
regions so much warmer than Mime
sofa that the day was cool to them by
contrast with their usual home weather.
That is probably why they danced.
They were too cool, in fact, for comfort,
and found the exercise only sufficient to
induce that mild perSpiration which to
some people brings just the right feel
ing. MinneSOtianS know so little OF
what real hot weather is that when a
day in the ninetieS does come we think
ourselves almost within the neighbOr-
hood OF the everlasting furnaces. That
is the way people are spoiled. They
have too much of a good thing. Now
down in Iowa there will not be a
day in the next two months but
what will be hotter than Minneapolis
has known this week, and the hot days
down there are twenty-four hours long,
too. They don't sleep at all down there
during the first two weeks OF the hot
spell. They just undresS and take
pillow and wander about the house
with it, resting occasionally when they
get tired. But after two weeks or so the
heat don't bother them at all. If an
Iowa man was to come to Minneapolis
in August he would bring his flannel
clothing along, and wear it, too. Min
neSotanS know nothing of hot weather.
They only get fleeting glimpses of it.
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The most notable social event of the
week was the brilliant reception given
by Mr.. and Mrs. John De Laittre on
Thursday evening in honor OF their
daughter, Miss COrinn0 who has just
completed course of study at Mount
Vernon school, Washington, ID. G. The
debut of a young lady Is always an oc-
caSion of the greatest interest to society,
and when the debutante is possessed
of unusual beauty and the many graceS
of manner which always helghten, as
they should always attend beauty, the
interest deepenS and the young lady IS
welcomed into the domain OF society
with a cOrdiality not altogether unSelf-
fish. And this is as it should be, for it
is for the ladies to determine the stand
ard of the city in the social world. There
has always been and will ever be sneerS
and jibeS at what are called social frlv-
olities, and yet, in determining where to
establish home, there is no one thing
that influences gentleman so much as
the question, what is the condition of
society in thiscity?" When a city's high
est social circles are frequented by
young ladies bright intellectually, and
by omatronS of genuine refinement,
whose conversation reveals those quail
ties so much priced in the sex, and when
the gentlemen who frequent their recep-
lions are gentlemen indeed, the city is a
fortunate one and desirable dwelling
place.
s'Social lines can never be tightly
drawn in cities like ST. Paul. Minneapo-
lis, Omaha and Kansas City," said a so
ciety lady the other day, land it would
not only be a foolish affectation, but
sheer folly, for woman to demand, as
in the East, who is who' Not only
do people come to US too rapidly for the.
Investigation which so politely but rig
Orously precedes their acceptance in
older social centers, but in all our
Western cities there are host
of very fine people who have
risen by their own assertions to aff1u-
ence. These we have known. We have
witnessed their rise from poverty to
wealth, and know something of the worth
that has brought success. How absurd
to attempt to close society's door to such
applicants. There is nothing of the
parvenu about them. The ladies have
kept pace in social aScendency with the
progress of men in business. So why
should we, who have been in SOciety-a
meaningless phrase, by the way-a
longer time, try to put down these,
equally worthy place near the top"
Society has nothing to fear from So
called upstairs, for should these am
bilious people not be worthy a place
among gentlemen and ladies, they will
quickly discover the fact. 1t has far
more to consider in another direction.
To the man or woman who has an ex-
tended acquaintance among the ''first
families of any city in the United
States, the number of reversions to
lowlier state that come within his obser-
walton must forever make absurd the
pretentiouS claims of those who are
'!born III the best society of the city,"
In many such families there sons of
whom a mechanic would be heartily
ashamed, daughters who might take les
of far ditfernnt Snnial Statinn